Dutch Photography: The Space between Us is a joint exhibition by the He Xiangning Art Museum and Foam, using the photographic works of nine young Dutch artists to present a cross-section of Dutch contemporary photography.
To China, the Netherlands is an open and free country with symbols such as tulips, windmills, clogs and know for its design industry and the tolerant society. The Netherlands has also produced many famous artists, such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Vincent van Gogh and Piet Mondriaan, who have played a major role in Western art history. The nearly one hundred works by nine young photographic artists in this exhibition present their creative ideas and approaches to the creation of photographic art, as well as their extreme inward appeals, while presenting the conundrums they face and the possibilities they have unearthed for a more diverse mode of existence and exploration for photography as a medium of contemporary art. It provides Chinese audience with a new visual specimen for photographic art.
He Xiangning Art Museum has invited the deputy director of Foam, Mr. Marcel Feil to give the Chinese audience a lecture Contemporary Dutch Photography: Between Tradition and Renewal on the brief introduction of the history of Dutch Contemporary Photography. Meanwhile, they will also invite the Chinese experts and professionals in the photography field, including Mr. Ma Liang, Mr. Yang Xiaoyan, Mr. Yu Haibo, Mr. Zeng Han and Mr. Zheng Ziyu, to have a discussion on Chinese and Dutch Contemporary Photography. With the exhibition, academic lectures and discussion, He Xiangning Art Museum will provide a platform of exchange and communication for the Chinese and Dutch photography art.
About the exhibition
Organizers: He Xiangning Art Museum, Foam
Supporters: Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Guangzhou，Mondriaan Foundation
Artists: Anouk Kruithof, Elza Jo, Jaap Scheeren, Jan Hoek, Koen Hauser, Melanie Bonajo, Paul Kooiker, Stefan Ruitenbeek, Willem Popelier
Exhibition Directors: Le Zhengwei, Feng Boyi
Dutch Curator: Marcel Feil, Chinese Curators: Wang Dong, Liu Gang
Opening: 17:00-18:30, April 26 (Saturday), 2014
Duration: April 26-July 20, 2014
Venue: Exhibition Hall No. 4-8 at He Xiangning Art Museum
Lecture: Contemporary Dutch Photography: Between Tradition and Renewal
Speaker: Marcel Feil (Deputy Director of Foam)
Date: 14:00-15:30, April 26 (Saturday), 2014
Venue: Lecture Hall of He Xiangning Art Museum
Artist Talk
Speaker: Jan Hoek (Artist)
Date: 15:30-17:00, April 26 (Saturday), 2014
Venue: Lecture Hall of He Xiangning Art Museum
Dialogue
Participants: Ma Liang, Yang Xiaoyan, Yu Haibo, Zeng Han, Zheng Ziyu
Moderator: Liu Gang
Date: 14:30-16:30, April 27 (Sunday), 2014
Venue: Lecture Hall of He Xiangning Art Museum
Courtesy of the artists, He Xiangning Art Museum and Foam.
